We're a family of seven! We've been in Riverbank for more than 8 years now. That's crazy! Jeff's working at Sutter Care at Home and is so happy to be working there. Sheila gets to stay home and hang out with five of the greatest crazy kids and feels so lucky to get to be their mom. Justin is 11, Jordan is 9, Little Miss Hailey is 6, Jared is 4 and Chloe is 1 1/2.

Imperial Beach

April 24, 2008

So here's our stove/oven...did you notice that's it's really a MINI STOVE?? It's really impossible to actually fit four pots on the stove at one time. In the oven there's just one rack, big enough for one 9x13 pan. We're scared to see if a Papa Murphy's pizza will even fit. I've heard it barely does, but I'm still scared to try!

Dining Room and bottom of the stairs

First room up the stairs is Justin's room. I decided that Jeff and I had quite a collection of pictures of Jesus that we were pretty much just storing under the bed. So we decided to decorate the boys' rooms with them.

He loves his little "nook" in the wall for his toys. It's right by two windows and he can see the trash truck when it comes I swear, EVERYday...is that normal??

And then there's Jordan's room, tah dah! His very own crib that stays in the same place all day long! Jordan's room also serves as our storage since we lost our balcony storage unit that we loved at our old place. Like he'd know the difference though, right?

What's this?? A HALL! For the three bedrooms!

Here's our room , our bed pretty much takes up the entire room.

Ok, so here's the major bummer of the place. I can live with the small oven, when do I ever cook more than a 9x13 anyways...but this bathroom has gotta go! First of all, check out the sink...can you say 1920's? Luckily we have a mirror/medicine cabinet, but it really only shows from about my chin up unless I'm on my tippie-toes of course. You can literally only have one maybe one and a half (meaning 1 adult + 1 child) in here at one time unless you want to go crazy. Jeff and I figured that out quickly and now take turns getting ready for bed.

And who's ever heard of a bathroom without any drawers or cupboards?? Where am I supposed to store all this Costco toilet paper??? So the plastic bin drawers will have to do for now. You can always use those. It's seriously so crammed we couldn't open the door if the trash can was on the floor. Plus, it's upstairs.

But seriously, if the bathroom is the worst, I'll take it!

Here's three goofballs "sleeping" at nap time. Justin's such a great actor, he gets it from me. I am impressed with Kali and Zach though, cute little fakers.

9 comments:

Sheila, just catching up on your last couple of posts. I'm so glad your surgery went well and that you have some help while you recover! And I love the cute apartment. The bathroom reminds me of Wymount bathrooms. No cupboards there either. In fact, it looked almost exactly the same.

(Abby Boatright Hanson...I'm adding that so you know who I am! Because I can't remember if I've left a comment yet!!! I'm so glad you have a blog!)

Ha...I read that Abby Hanson and got all excited that it was our Abby Hanson from Russia...I don't think it is though...:) I'm sure your great too, Abby Hanson that I don't know! Anyway, remember the stove in the head teacher apartment in Russia?? TEENY. That is why we ate bread and cheese and potatoes and watermelon every day. And that is why we lost weight. I guess it could be a good thing that you can't create culinary masterpieces...:) It would be for me... perhaps when we're looking for a house I need to look for one with a teeny oven.

You are quick. It looks so cozy. Our bathroom is just as small. And it only gets worse that we have two kids potty trained. We all fight over that small space. Now that you are all moved in, put your feet up and rest as much as a new born and toddler let you.

Cute place, even though you have to brush your teeth one at a time. I'm sure it will make for good laughs later in life! =) But I'm glad you seem to be settling in ok. How are you feeling? I love that you and Kari are so close and cousins can be such good friends. So fun!

Oh and P.S. (from Christian) - we're ready to take you 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 whenever you're up for a good whoopin'. (And yes, I was honestly asked to post this for you!) haha =) Miss you guys!